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Step-by-Step Model Drawing Singapore’s Best Problem-Solving Math Strategies Meet Your Presenter Ricky Mikelman Singapore Math expert Ricky has spent 20 years in education, as a classroom teacher at every level from kindergarten to fifth grade and as a math coach in California and Texas. She has been active in curriculum writing and district-wide staff development, but teaching is her passion. In 2005, she was awarded the Los Angeles County “Excellence in Promoting Math Instruction Award.” She discovered Singapore Math while looking for methods to help her struggling students, and has become an enthusiastic supporter of Singapore Math for all students. Her passion for teaching shines through in her energetic and humorous presentations. The bigger the group, the bigger the benefits! Be sure to invite your colleagues to share in this exciting, information-filled day. You’ll not only create a strong support system, but you’ll also multiply the benefits this seminar has to offer. Plus, you’ll reduce the cost of attending this seminar with special tuition discounts for groups of 3+, 10+, and 20+ (learn more on page 7). ✓ Free Resource Book! With your paid registration, get your FREE resource book filled with practical ideas to enhance your teaching practices and increase student achievement! Join Me on This Journey Embark with me on a mathematical journey to learn about exciting math strategies used in the small Southeast Asian nation of Singapore, which has been one of the world’s leaders in math achievement for over a decade. During this seminar, you’ll learn powerful strategies you can use to dramatically boost your students’ math achievement. You’ll examine and practice the modeldrawing approach Singaporean students use to solve word problems and to truly understand the math they are learning. And, most importantly, you’ll discover how Singapore Math strategies can easily be incorporated into your existing curriculum. Step-by-Step Model Drawing makes math more enjoyable and meaningful—for you and your students. With bar-model drawing, you can equip your students with the skills they need to meet the challenges of today’s testing. And, with greater math success, your students will gain the selfconfidence that is a prerequisite for higher achievement. I look forward to sharing with you my experiences using these unique math approaches. And, I can’t wait to demonstrate the ready-to-use tools that will help you put these remarkable strategies to work in your own classroom. Sincerely, Ricky Mikelman Bring Ricky or Math Training to Your School Contact a friendly SDE Professional Development Consultant today! 1-877-388-2054 ProfessionalDevelopment@sde.com 2
Align your instruction to the new learning standards and transform your math instruction! Wouldn’t it be great if you could accelerate math achievement for every student in your classroom? Or if all students, of all skill levels, even inclusion students, were eager to take on greater mathematical challenges because they found math meaningful and enjoyable? With Step-by-Step Model Drawing, you can make it happen— without changing your math curriculum! This extraordinary visual approach to problem solving is a breakthrough that has been proven to radically transform math instruction for the better. It provides learners with lifelong math skills and critical thinking skills, as well as math confidence and higher self-esteem. And, it’s fun for both teachers and students. ✓ Principals Attend Free Help your teachers get even more out of their registration by attending with them—our seminars combine substance with real-world solutions to stimulate growth in teachers and administrators alike! Make learning spring to life in your classroom. OB ECTIVES Top Reasons to Attend This Seminar We’ll cover the latest innovative and use-right-away strategies . . . 1 2 3 4 5 Incorporate Singapore’s powerful model-drawing approach into your existing math curriculum. Introduce and emphasize problem-solving skills and strategies—the essential components to math success. Utilize model drawing as a bridge that connects concrete thinking to abstract solutions and builds a foundation for algebraic thinking. Teach with depth and rigor to improve your students’ understanding of math language and problem solving. Equip your learners with the skills to confidently solve challenging word problems. P 1-800-462-1478 • F 1-800-337-9929 • www.SDE.com/REGISTER 3
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